A new species of Pseudopaludicola Miranda-Ribeiro (Anura: Leptodactylidae: Leiuperinae) from eastern Brazil, with novel data on the advertisement call of Pseudopaludicola falcipes (Hensel)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4433 (1) ◽  
pp. 71 ◽  
Author(s):  
FELIPE SILVA DE ANDRADE ◽  
ISABELLE AQUEMI HAGA ◽  
MARIANA LÚCIO LYRA ◽  
FELIPE SÁ FORTES LEITE ◽  
AXEL KWET ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
Campo Rupestre ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Chapada Diamantina ◽  
Eastern Brazil ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

The Neotropical genus Pseudopaludicola includes 21 species, which occur throughout South America. Recent studies suggested that the population of Andaraí, in the state of Bahia, is an undescribed species, related to P. pocoto. Herein we formally describe this new species from lowlands of eastern Brazil. Recognition of this new species is supported by adult morphology, advertisement call, karyotype, and molecular data. It is diagnosed mainly by its small size, terminal phalanges knobbed (lack any expansion of the digital tips), proportionally short hindlimbs, 11 pairs of chromosomes, and advertisement call composed of series of three-pulsed notes, emitted at a high rate. In addition, we report for the first time the presence of P. pocoto in the campo rupestre (rupestrian grasslands) of Chapada Diamantina, a population with a much darker dorsal coloration than the population from the type locality. We also redescribed the advertisement call of P. falcipes based on recordings from topotypic males. 

scholarly journals A new cryptic species of the Pristimantis lacrimosus group (Anura, Strabomantidae) from the eastern slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 151-175
Author(s):  
Julio C. Carrión-Olmedo ◽  
Santiago R. Ron
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
National Parks ◽  
Genetic Distances ◽  
Red List ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
Anthropogenic Influences ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

With 566 species, the neotropical genus Pristimantis is the most speciose vertebrate genus. As a result of its striking diversity, taxonomic reviews remain a challenge. Herein, we present an updated phylogeny of the Pristimantis lacrimosus group and describe a new species from Llanganates and Sangay National Parks. We also report, for the first time, the phylogenetic position of Pristimantis degener, P. eugeniae, P. katoptroides, and P. petersi. Based on our phylogeny, we add two species to the Pristimantis lacrimosus group. Through the integration of molecular and bioacoustic evidence, we describe a new species which was hidden under “Pristimantis petersi”. Pristimantis petersioidessp. nov. is most closely related to Pristimantis petersi and an undescribed species from Peru. It can be distinguished from P. petersi by its advertisement call and large genetic differences (uncorrected p-genetic distances 7.9% to 8.4% for gene 16S). Moreover, the new species and P. petersi are not sister species. We suggest assigning the new species to the Endangered Red List category because it has a small distribution range with deforestation as result of agriculture and other anthropogenic influences.

A new species of Formicivora antwren from the Chapada Diamantina, eastern Brazil (Aves: Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1473 (1) ◽  
pp. 25 ◽  
Author(s):  
LUIZ PEDREIRA GONZAGA ◽  
ANDRÉ M.P. CARVALHAES ◽  
DANTE R.C. BUZZETTI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
Campo Rupestre ◽  
Chapada Diamantina ◽  
Espinhaço Range ◽  
Eastern Brazil ◽  
A New Species

Formicivora grantsaui sp. nov. (Sincorá Antwren) is described from a series of specimens from the valley of the Rio Cumbuca (12 o 58’29”S, 41 o 21’29”W, elevation 860 m), 3.5 km northeast of Mucugê, Bahia, Brazil, and adjacent areas. It is more closely related to F. acutirostris, F. grisea, and F. rufa than to other species of the genus, differing from them by a combination of plumage and vocal characters. The new species is known only from the campo rupestre vegetation of the Serra do Sincorá between 850 m and 1100 m in the Chapada Diamantina, which is part of the Espinhaço Range, a distinctive area of endemism for birds and other groups of organisms in South America. In places it occurs sympatrically with F. rufa, but the two occupy different habitats.

Unveiling species diversity in collared frogs through morphological and bioacoustic evidence: a new Mannophryne (Amphibia, Aromobatidae) from Sierra de Aroa, northwestern Venezuela, and an amended definition and call description of M. herminae (Boettger, 1893)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4461 (4) ◽  
pp. 451 ◽  
Author(s):  
FERNANDO J.M. ROJAS-RUNJAIC ◽  
MIGUEL E. MATTA-PEREIRA ◽  
ENRIQUE LA MARCA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Diversity ◽  
Small Body ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Unique Combination ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Lines Of Evidence

Species diversity in collared frogs of the genus Mannophryne is presumed to be underestimated due to the paucity of external morphology characters, but combining morphology with bioacoustics and other lines of evidence has shown to be useful in delimiting species of this group. Herein we describe a new species of Mannophryne from Sierra de Aroa in northwestern Venezuela. The new species is morphologically similar to M. herminae but is readily recognized by its strikingly different advertisement call. It also can be distinguished from all its congeners by the unique combination of its small body size, general color pattern, basal toe webbing, and advertisement call consisting of long trills of single tonal notes emitted at a rate of 2–3 notes/s. Additionally, to facilitate future diagnosis of undescribed species related to M. herminae, we amend the definition of the latter, describe in detail its advertisement call, and redefine its known distribution range. The new species increases the number of described species of Mannophryne to 20. 

A new species of blind Trechinae from the Pyrenees of Huesca, and its position within Aphaenops (sensu stricto) (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechini)

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2566 (1) ◽  
pp. 49 ◽  
Author(s):  
ARNAUD FAILLE ◽  
CHARLES BOURDEAU ◽  
JAVIER FRESNEDA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Sensu Stricto ◽  
Sister Taxon ◽  
Mitochondrial Coi ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

A new trechine species Aphaenops parvulus sp. n. (Carabidae, Trechini) is described from Esjamundo cave in the Pyrenees of Huesca, Spain. The new species belongs to the subgenus Aphaenops (sensu stricto), but differs from its closest congeners by the small size—it is the smallest species of the group—and characters of the aedeagus. Molecular data based on fragments of a mitochondrial (COI) and a nuclear (LSU) genes recognised Aphaenops parvulus sp. n. as a sister taxon to A. eskualduna Coiffait. Aphaenops eskualduna is reported from Spain with precision for the first time.

scholarly journals Charcoal Canker of Pear, Plum, and Quince Trees Caused by Biscogniauxia rosacearum sp. nov. in Southern Italy

Plant Disease ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 100 (9) ◽  
pp. 1813-1822 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Luisa Raimondo ◽  
Francesco Lops ◽  
Antonia Carlucci
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southern Italy ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Minor Importance ◽  
Actin Gene ◽  
Forest Trees ◽  
The Family ◽  
Pathogenicity Tests ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

The genus Biscogniauxia is paraphyletic to members of the family Xylariaceae and includes at least 52 species to date that are mainly pathogens of dicotyledonous angiosperm trees. Most of these are forest trees, such as those in the genera Acacia, Acer, Alnus, Eucalyptus, Fraxinus, Populus, and Quercus, and other species of minor importance. Biscogniauxia spp. have been reported as endophytes or secondary invaders that attack only stressed plants. During a survey in rosaceous orchards in southern Italy, several charcoal cankers were observed and stroma samples were collected. A collection of 31 Biscogniauxia isolates was analyzed. Their phylogenetic relationships were determined through study of the internal transcribed spacer, β-tubulin, and actin gene sequences. Combining morphological, cultural, and molecular data, a new species of Biscogniauxia is described here as Biscogniauxia rosacearum. This new species was isolated for the first time from rosaceous hosts in Apulia. Pathogenicity tests showed that it causes symptoms on stems when artificially inoculated and produces stromata on the bark surface.

Stylotrichium hortensiae (Asteraceae—Eupatorieae): A new species from Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 308 (2) ◽  
pp. 283 ◽  
Author(s):  
VIVIAN OLIVEIRA AMORIM ◽  
NÁDIA ROQUE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Description ◽  
Campo Rupestre ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Chapada Diamantina ◽  
Small Genus ◽  
A New Species

Stylotrichium is a small genus in which all the five species are restricted to the rocky field vegetation (campo rupestre) in Chapada Diamantina, Bahia state, Brazil. From recent field collections in the area we have recognized a new species based on morphology. Stylotrichium hortensiae is distinguished by laminae oblanceolate to oblong (3.5–8 × 1–3 cm), greater number of flowers (35–45), anther connective appendage as long as wide, style 6.5 mm long, and pappus 1–1.5 mm long. A species description, illustrations, a key to the species, comments, and a distribution map are provided.

The formerly enigmatic Unidentiidae in the limelight again: a new species of the genus Unidentia from Thailand (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4551 (5) ◽  
pp. 556 ◽  
Author(s):  
TATIANA KORSHUNOVA ◽  
RAHUL MEHROTRA ◽  
SPENCER ARNOLD ◽  
KENNET LUNDIN ◽  
BERNARD PICTON ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
Sea Slugs ◽  
The Family ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Morphological Differences ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

An integrative molecular and morphological study is presented for the family Unidentiidae. Molecular phylogenetic analyses were conducted with the inclusion of all previous and newly obtained molecular data for the family Unidentiidae Millen & Hermosillo 2012. A new species of the genus Unidentia Millen & Hermosillo 2012, U. aliciae sp. nov., is described from Thailand as part of an inventory of sea slugs at Koh Tao. All up-to-date available morphological data for the species of the genus Unidentia is for the first time summarized. Morphological differences among the different species of Unidentia are clarified showing that every species has its own distinguishable morphological traits. According to the new molecular and morphological data, the family Unidentiidae is re-confirmed as a well-supported taxon of the aeolidacean nudibranchs. The taxonomy and phylogeny of the Aeolidacea in the light of the family Unidentiidae is briefly discussed and necessity of a fine-scale and narrowly-defined taxa approach instead of a ‘‘superlumping’’ one is highlighted. 

A new species of Hyloscirtus (Anura, Hylidae) from the Colombian and Venezuelan slopes of Sierra de Perijá, and the phylogenetic position of Hyloscirtus jahni (Rivero, 1961)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4382 (1) ◽  
pp. 121 ◽  
Author(s):  
FERNANDO J. M. ROJAS-RUNJAIC ◽  
EDWIN E. INFANTE-RIVERO ◽  
PATRICIA E. SALERNO ◽  
FABIO LEONARDO MEZA-JOYA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
16S Rrna ◽  
Internal Surface ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Sister Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
12S Rrna ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Hyloscirtus, belonging to the H. bogotensis species Group, is described from the Venezuelan and Colombian slopes of the Sierra de Perijá. The new species can be readily distinguished from its congeners by the combination of the following characters: mental gland present, disc-shaped and small; ulnar, outer, and inner tarsal folds present; calcar tubercle absent; whitish stripes on external border of upper eyelids and supratympanic folds, longitudinally on the mid-dorsum, on supracloacal fold, outer ulnar folds, inner and outer tarsal folds, and also on dorsal internal surface of shanks. We estimate phylogenetic relationships based on mtDNA (spanning fragments of 12S rRNA, tRNA-Val and 16S rRNA), of all Hyloscirtus species available in Genbank, as well as the new species described herein, H. callipeza, H. jahni, and H. platydactylus, all of which have not been previously sequenced. Our molecular data support the hypothesis of the new species as sister species of H. callipeza and indicates that H. jahni does not belong to the H. bogotensis species Group, but rather is sister species of all other Hyloscirtus (sensu Faivovich et al. 2005). Based on this last result we propose a new species group for H. jahni and the synonymy of Colomascirtus in Hyloscirtus. We also provide the first description of the advertisement call of H. callipeza. With the new species described herein, the number of Hyloscirtus species increases to 37. 

scholarly journals Anthomyzidae (Diptera) of Taiwan: new species but no new records

2020 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 269-290
Author(s):  
Jindřich Roháček
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
City Area ◽  
Taichung City ◽  
The Family ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Eleven Species

Species of the family Anthomyzidae (Diptera: Acalyptrata) occurring in Taiwan are reviewed. Eleven species have been recognized, 8 of them new to science. However, because of limited and poorly preserved material, only three species of the genus Anthomyza Fallén, 1810, viz. A. robusta sp. nov. (Chiayi and Nantou Counties, both sexes), A. caesarea sp. nov. (Taichung City area, both sexes) and A. elongata sp. nov. (Chiayi County, female only), are described. The remaining 5 undescribed species, viz. Amygdalops sp. nov. near cuspidatus (Taichung City area), Amygdalops sp. nov. near curtistylus (Nantou and Kinmen Counties), Anthomyza sp. nov. near elongata (Yilan County), Anthomyza sp. nov. (1) near flavosterna (Chiayi County) and Anthomyza sp. nov. (2) near flavosterna (Nantou County), are diagnosed but remain unnamed. A new species group of Anthomyza, viz. the A. flavosterna group, is established and diagnosed, to include the East Palearctic A. flavosterna Sueyoshi & Roháček, 2003, A. caesarea sp. nov., A. elongata sp. nov. and 3 additional unnamed species from Taiwan, while the remaining A. robusta sp nov. belongs to the A. bellatrix group. All six Taiwanese Anthomyza species seem to be associated with montane habitats and could be endemic. It is estimated that up to 20 species of Anthomyzidae could occur in Taiwan. The longitudinal dark pattern of the wing, found in A. caesarea sp. nov., is recorded for the first time in the genus Anthomyza which is the fourth lineage of Anthomyzidae in which this type of pattern has independently evolved. Preliminary keys to Taiwanese species of the genera Amygdalops Lamb, 1914 and Anthomyza are presented.

Myrcia lucasae (Myrtaceae), a new species from the campo rupestre of Chapada Diamantina, Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 435 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-234
Author(s):  
ROBERTO BAPTISTA PEREIRA ALMEIDA ◽  
GUILHERME MEDEIROS ANTAR ◽  
THAIS VASCONCELOS ◽  
LEIDIANA L. SANTOS ◽  
BRUNO S. AMORIM
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sympatric Species ◽  
The State ◽  
Campo Rupestre ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Conservation Assessment ◽  
Chapada Diamantina ◽  
Biogeographic Province ◽  
Ecological Aspects ◽  
A New Species

Myrcia lucasae (Myrcia sect. Gomidesia, Myrtaceae), a new species from the Bahia state, Brazil, is here described and illustrated. It differs from M. lughadhae, a closely related and sympatric species, by the strigose indumentum with ferruginous trichomes and the absence of ribs on fruits. It is also different and from M. virgata (Myrcia sect. Myrcia), by presenting thecae with irregular dorsal openings (characteristics of Myrcia sect. Gomidesia). Collections of M. lucasae have been constantly misidentified as the morphologically similar M. virgata, a species from a different section, which does not occur in the state of Bahia. Myrcia lucasae is endemic to the highly diverse campo rupestre vegetation of the Chapada Diamantina biogeographic province. We also provide preliminary conservation assessment, comments on distribution and ecological aspects of this new taxon.

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